In truth, I wouldn't know a smartphone "kill switch" from a typewriter shift key. But I do know strong special interest influence when I smell it.
I'm not saying that every state senator who voted against a bill to require kill switches as theft...

The rookie mayor of Bell, swept into office as a reformer during the midst of the city’s massive corruption scandal, has taken out papers to run for the state Assembly in southeast Los Angeles County. Ali Saleh, a clothing shop...

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Bell Mayor Ali Saleh, who was elected in a wake of a massive public corruption case, has dropped his bid to run for state Assembly. “I am intrigued by the idea of taking the local government reforms we are creating...

L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy said Monday he would support a state audit of the school system’s handling of child sexual-abuse cases. Assemblyman Ricardo Lara (D-South Gate) is planning to push this week for the audit. “The district supports any...

Responding to complaints about rising water bills from working-class Los Angeles County communities, a state legislative committee on Wednesday unanimously approved an audit to examine how a number of local water agencies set their rates, and whether misuse of

A water district serving nearly four million residents in L.A. County announced Thursday that it intends to freeze rates for the first time since 2003. The Water Replenishment District of Southern California’s announcement came after a Times story this week...

Even though a California Supreme Court ruling should have guaranteed equal educational opportunity, some K-12 students are still being gouged by illegal fees. George Skelton writes in Monday's column that new legislation and a lawsuit could help end that. Thes